Mera Peak
Fixed Departure: April 12, 20, Oct. 6, 9, 18, 24, Nov. 4, 2008

Mera peak is considered one of the major and popular trekking peaks in Nepal. The Peak itself rises to the south of Everest. The ascent of the peak is technically straightforward, however, the heavy snow and the maze of crevasses can make the way longer to the summit. Besides the charming of climbing Mera Peak, the trek to its base camp from Lukla is rewarding for experiencing little-visited and yet un spoilt region of Nepal with densely forested hill sides. Mera Peak trek and climbing servers a gate way for high altitude trekking to go over Amphulaptcha Pass or Mingbo La and also for climbing on Baruntse, Chamlang and other Himalayas climbing.

There are several approaches to the base camp besides the easy and normal route which is mentioned below. The normal route for climbing Mera Peak is North Face Glacier from the Mera La. The base camp can be set up at 5,300m on the Hongu side in the moraine below the ice. Normally, high camp is set at 5,800m near a rocky outcrop on the Mera Glacier. The high camp proves to be one to the spectacular viewpoints in Nepal offering the panoramic views of Kanchanjunga, Chamlang, Makalu and Baruntse sweeping around from the east and Amadablam, Cho Oyu and Kangtega to the west. The giant faces of Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse appear in the north. There are three main summits which are climbable without much difficulty. The south summit (6,065m) is the most accessible with the Northern Summit (6,476m) , the highest, which can be reached by skirting the Central Summit (6,461m) to the north and following snow ridge to its top. Climbing the middle summit requires ascent up on steep snow and is slightly technical. Mera North is straight-forward to climb.

Itinerary

Day 01: Kathmandu - Lukla by flight. Commence the trek to Mera peak. We ascend slowly for 3 hours and steep up for one hour and arrive Thukdingma for the camping. The views ofNumbur (6957m), Karyolung (6511m), Kwangde (6011m ) are magnificient fromhere.

Day 02: Today is an easy walk all day passing through the jungle and grassland for Yaks during the summer. We arrive Tsetre for camping.

Day 03: We ascend slowly passing through the jungle. We find virtually, no human settlement on the trail. We arrive Thaksingdingma (3,500m) for Camping. 

Day 04: We walk all day through the side of the mountain and the trail is narrow. The patches of the jungle on the trail become thinner as we ascend near the snow line. We camp at Thagnak. 

Day 05: Rest day in Thagnak. It is worth spending an extra day at Thagnak, which is in a superb setting surrounded by stunning peaks including Peak 43 (6,769m). There is a huge moraine in the north of Thagnak where  a beautiful glacial lake, Sabai Tsho is dammed. It is worth exploring around for acclimatization purpose. Thagnak is also a base for climbing east and north-east side of Kushum Kanguru. 

Day 06: We follow the lateral moraine of Dig Glacier to Dig Khraka which offers the spectacular views of Charpate Himal. The trail climbs through moraines and  to the snout ot the Hinku Nup and Shar Glaciers  and then climbs more steeply to Khare (5,099m).

Day 07: We ascend for three hours and arrive at Mera La (5,415m). Normally, the pass will be covered with  snow  from Nov.- April. Again the views from the pass is spectacular.  We descend about 100m towards the Hongu side and set up the base camp (5,300m) in the moraine below the ice.

Day 08: Rest day for acclimatization. You can explore around or climb up for a few hours and come back to the Base Camp for the night.

Day 09: We walk up for 4 hours and set up the high camp and make preparation for the next day to get to the summit.

Day 10: Today we go to the summit and the views of Pumori (7161m), Lhotse (8516m) Makalu (8463m), Lobuche (6145m), Cho Oyu (8201m) are spectacular from the summit. We retrace to Base Camp.

Day 11-16: Mera Peak Base Camp - Lukla. We follow   the same route and come back to Lukla.

Day 17:  Lukla - Kathmandu by flight.

Cost will be provided on request.

The cost includes:

1. Full camping trek arrangement (guide, cook, kitchen boy, porters, all meals, cooking and camping equipment).
2. Peak permit fee.
3. Climbing guide and his equipment allowance
4. High altitude tent, ropes, snow bars, gas (high fuel) & high food.
5. Kathmandu - Lukla - Kathmandu airfare
6. Staff insurance.
7. National Park entrnace fee.
8. Airport arrival and departure

The  cost does not include the expenses of personal nature, personal climbing gear,  rescue by helicopter and accident insurance.

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